My practical answer would be, of course, right wing shit, period. It wouldn't stop them but might slow their spread.

My fun/funny/unserious answer would be commission an algorithm to monitor Reddit so I don't have to that keeps track of exceedingly popular passive-aggressive and smug ways to start and end sentences and takes the top percentiles of them and makes them the shockers of the week. It would make Lemmyverse liberals a lot less redundant as a side effect, too. sicko-wistful

smuglord "Umm, I'm sorry, honestly, but let's be honest here. It's almost as if..."

unlimited-power

wojak-nooo "Wow, vitriol much?"

unlimited-power

  • Magician [he/him, they/them]
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    1 year ago

    I would just shock people when they're lying online. That's it.

    They can do it to people in person, but no more sock puppets or disingenuous BS on the internet. No more people taking credit or talking about their cousin who for real died from a mote of fentanyl dust.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      morshupls "As a (insert appropriated LGBTQIA+/black/leftist-as-they-come identity here), the problem is other (LGBTQIA+/black/leftists)..."

      unlimited-power

      • Magician [he/him, they/them]
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        1 year ago

        I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of debate bros suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced

    • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      As an ND can I petition to extend this policy IRL too because I'm tired of literally every social interaction being confusing and exhausting